Panic Settles in like a Haze
Last weekend, I had a dream that caused me to wake in a panic. I was grocery shopping with my husband at local neighborhood market that is right around the corner from our home, a store that we...
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Getting Excited
These days my life is a lot more mundane than over the top Islamic. I work. My husband works. My people go to school. They have friends. We grocery shop, we do yard work, we clean the house. Rinse,...
View ArticlePlanning the Next Month
It seems like everything I read these days online is about the election candidates, Ramadan or college. Seriously! I’m done with the election already. Whatever democrat is the nominee, that’s who I’m...
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Suhoor Today
Today was the first day of fasting. Like many others, I thought that fasting was supposed to begin on Tuesday. I didn’t find out until Sunday and we had plans to be away from home all day. This morning...
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What About Jell-o Salad?
A few weeks ago, we had an abundance of fruit that needed to be used, and I was all smoothie’d out. Kate and I searched through our trusty Blue Book* trying to find out what we could make with the...
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Islamic Life Hack – The Wudu Cling
When I agreed to marry Khaled and raise our future children Muslim, I didn’t understand all of the minute, tiny details of difference that would surface between my upbringing and his. Aside from the...
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Ramadan Kids Club
This year, The Little Mosque Down the Street organized an event that took place four days a week for the smallest Muslims, called Ramadan Kids Club. They worked in cooperation with another Mosque, and...
View ArticleCompromise is the Key
As Ramadan approached this year, I was asked back to be a contributor to Interfaith Ramadan. I was given several topics to address, but this was the question that I chose: Raising children in an...
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You, Be Safe
These days, my mind and heart are conflicted. I’m learning and growing as a white woman, who has been raised in a small-ish midwestern town, in a predominantly white environment. I never considered...
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What Do You Give?
Do you volunteer? Do you send in snacks? Do you buy from the school fundraiser? Do you offer help? I’m not talking about giving money to panhandlers, but truly giving of yourself. Your time. Sometimes...
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